In this episode I speak with Kane Murdoch about the perils of contract cheating. As an integrity officer, he frames what's happening with "cheating" as an unlearning that we should all be paying attention to if we care about education. Recorded Feb 6, 2025. Released March 10, 2025.

Guerilla Warfare

https://www.guerillawarfare.net/

Ellis, C., & Murdoch, K. (2024). The educational integrity enforcement pyramid: a new framework for challenging and responding to student cheating. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 49(7), 924–934. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2024.2329167

Lures and violent threats: old school cheating still rampant at Australian universities, even as AI rises — The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/01/lures-and-violent-threats-old-school-cheating-still-rampant-at-australian-universities-even-as-ai-rises

Ghost writers helping UNSW students to cheat on assessments, leaked report reveals

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/cheating-unsw-students-hire-ghost-writers-from-messaging-site-wechat-to-complete-work-20200505-p54q3f.html

Cheating found at UNSW up by 2000% as new detection methods used

https://www.smh.com.au/education/cheating-found-at-unsw-up-by-2000-percent-as-new-detection-methods-used-20190814-p52gz4.html

University students caught paying others to do their work at record levels

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/university-students-caught-paying-others-to-do-their-work-at-record-levels-20221025-p5bsrx.html 

The Rise of Plagiarism: Contract Cheating 

https://www.turnitin.ca/products/originality/contract-cheating

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